Fossil Fuels
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What are the three different kinds of fossil fuels? How where they formed? What were they
made of? For each of the three fossil fuels where are the found on the planet? ie. -What do we
have the most of in the US? Where is most oil found on the planet?
What energy source is the most widely used on the global scale?
Which fossil fuel emits the most CO2 per amount of heat produced?
What are some of the dangers of producing fossil fuels and transporting them?
How are fossil fuels linked to climate change?
What is the world's main energy source (which fossil fuel)?
How much do we have left? How long will our fossil fuels last?
What are fossil fuels used to make (what types of items)?
Renewable Energy/Alternative Energy
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What are different examples of renewable energy?
What is the definition of alternative/renewable energy?
What are the pros and cons of: biofuels, hydroelectric power, solar power, wind energy etc.?
What are some energy saving features that you could use in your own home?
Conservation/Biodiversity
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What is extinction? Background extinction? mass extinction?
Define endangered species and threatened species
What is the underlying reason for the sixth mass extinction event that we are currently
experiencing?
What are some characteristics that make some species more prone to
extinction/endangerment?
Define endemic species
Know key examples of species that are relevant to the chapter (passenger pigeon, bison, condor,
frogs, etc)
What is a hotspot?
Define indicator species? What is an example?
What are some reasons humans need biodiversity/other organisms?
HIPPO
What is poaching? What are some examples of animals we talked about that are poached and
what they are poached for?
conservation biology (restoration, in-situ vs. ex-situ)
Nuclear Waste
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What is radioactive waste? How is it disposed of? Why is it made? Where is it made?
What are some cons to nuclear energy?
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How is nuclear energy made (at the atomic level)?